- •Masaryk university brno
- •Content
- •1 Introduction
- •2 Theoretical part
- •2.1 Pragmatics
- •2.1.1 Syntax, semantics and pragmatics
- •2.1.2 Reference, inference, presupposition and entailment
- •2.2. Discourse
- •2.2.1 Discourse Analysis
- •2.2.2 Critical Discourse Analysis
- •2.2.3 The Role of Cohesion
- •2.2.3.1 Discourse, Context and Co-text
- •2.3 The Nature of Discourse and Political Speeches
- •2.3.1 Politics and its Theoretical Bases
- •2.3.2 Features of Political Participation
- •2.3.3 The Features of Spoken Political Speeches and their Gradual Changes
- •2.3.3.1 Changes of the Features of Political Speeches through the Time
- •2.3.3.2 The Influence of Media on Changes in Political Speeches
- •2.3.4 Problems of Analysis of Political Discourse
- •2.3.4.1 Some Features of Analysis of Political Discourse
- •2.3.4.2 Necessary Principles of Analysis of Political Discourse
- •2.3.5 The Presence of Power, Ideology and Persuasion in Political Speeches
- •2.3.5.1 Ideological Argumentation and Persuasion
- •2.3.5.2 Tolerance and Opposition to Persuasive Argumentation
- •2.4 The Position of the us in Contemporary World
- •2.5 Summary
- •3 Practical part
- •3.1 Corpus under Investigation
- •3.2 Scrutiny of all speeches
- •3.2.1 Obama's domestic speeches
- •3.2.1.1 Victory Speech
- •3.2.1.2 Inaugural Speech
- •3.2.1.3 Address to the Congress on February 24, 2009
- •3.2.1.4 State of the Union Address 2010
- •3.2.1.5 State of the Union 2011
- •3.2.2 Obama's Foreign Speeches
- •3.2.2.1 Remarks by President Obama at Strasbourg Town Hall;
- •3.2.2.2 Remarks by President Obama at a New Start Treaty Signing Ceremony and Press Conference
- •3.2.2.3 Remarks at the Meeting with Future Chinese Leaders
- •3.2.2.4 Remarks by President Obama at g20 Press Conference in Toronto,
- •3.2.2.5 Remarks by the President to Parliament in London
- •3.3 Comparison of the speeches
- •3.3.1 Comparison of Obama’s domestic speeches
- •3.3.2 Comparison of Obama`s Foreign Speeches
- •4 Comparison and conclusion
- •5 Bibliography
- •5.1 Primary Sources
- •5.2 Secondary Sources
5 Bibliography
5.1 Primary Sources
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"Non-State of the Union Address". Capitol, Washington D.C., United States. 24 Feb 2009. Web. Obama Speeches. 1 Sep 2011.http://obama-speech.org/transcript.php?obama_speech_id=556
"President Barack Obama 2010 State of the Union Address". Capitol, Washington D.C., United States. 27 Jan 2010. Web. Obama Speeches. 1 Sep 2011.http://obama-speech.org/transcript.php?obama_speech_id=1560
"Remarks by President Barack Obama at Town Hall Meeting with Future Chinese Leaders". Museum of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. 16 Nov 2009. Web. Obama Speeches.
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"Remarks by President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia at the New Start Treaty Signing Ceremony and Press Conference". Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic. 8 Apr 2010. Web. Obama Speeches. 1 Sep 2011. <http://obama-speech.org/transcript.php?obama_speech_id=2634>
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"Remarks by President Obama at Strasbourg’s Town Hall". Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France. 3 Apr 2009. Web.Obama Speeches. 1 Sep 2011.http://obama-speech.org/transcript.php?obama_speech_id=463
"Remarks by the President in State of the Union 2011". Capitol, Washington D.C., United States. 25 Jan 2011. Web. Obama Speeches. 1 Sep 2011.http://obama-speech.org/transcript.php?obama_speech_id=556
"Remarks by the President to Parliament in London, United Kingdom". Westminster Hall, London, United Kingdom. 25 May 2011. Web. Obama Speeches. 1 Sep 2011.http://obama-speech.org/transcript.php?obama_speech_id=5144
"Victory Speech". Rally in Grand Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. 4 Nov 2008. Web. Obama Speeches. 1 Sep 2011.http://obama-speech.org/Victory-Speech.php
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